| Cantharis obscura | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Cantharidae |
| Genus: | Cantharis |
| Species: | C. obscura |
| Binomial name | |
| Cantharis obscura | |
| Synonyms | |
Cantharis obscura is a species of beetle belonging to the family Cantharidae
Cantharis obscura reaches a length of 9–13 millimetres (0.35–0.51 in). Elytra and head are black. Pronotum is black, with reddish or orange lateral margins. The adults feed on small insects, such as aphids, as well as on pollen of fruit trees.
This species can be found in most of Europe and in the eastern Palearctic realm.
These beetles live in bushes, edges of forests, and meadows.
Cantharis fusca is a species of soldier beetle.
Rhagonycha fulva, the common red soldier beetle, also misleadingly known as the bloodsucker beetle, and popularly known in England as the hogweed bonking beetle is a species of soldier beetle (Cantharidae).
Rhagonycha is a genus of soldier beetle belonging to the family Cantharidae. There are at least 140 described species recorded from Europe, North America and Japan, and thought to date from the Upper Eocene to recent periods.
Cantharis is a large genus of soldier beetles in the family Cantharidae with narrow and soft elytra.
Centuria Insectorum is a 1763 taxonomic work by Carl Linnaeus, and defended as a thesis by Boas Johansson; which of the two men should for taxonomic purposes be credited with its authorship has been the subject of some controversy. It includes descriptions of 102 new insect and crustacean species that had been sent to Linnaeus from British America, Suriname, Java and other locations. Most of the new names included in Centuria Insectorum are still in use, although a few have been sunk into synonymy, and one was the result of a hoax: a common brimstone butterfly with spots painted on was described as the new "species" Papilio ecclipsis.
In the 10th edition of Systema Naturae, Carl Linnaeus classified the arthropods, including insects, arachnids and crustaceans, among his class "Insecta". Insects with hardened wing covers were brought together under the name Coleoptera.
Cantharis livida is a species of soldier beetle belonging to the genus Cantharis and the family Cantharidae.
Metacantharis clypeata is a species of soldier beetle belonging to the family Cantharidae.
Cantharis pellucida is a species of soldier beetle native to Europe.
Cantharis grandicollis is a species of soldier beetle in the family Cantharidae. It is found in North America.
Cantharis lecontei is a species of soldier beetle in the family Cantharidae. It is found in North America.
Cantharis aneba is a species of soldier beetle in the family Cantharidae. It is found in North America.
Cantharis tuberculata is a species of soldier beetle in the family Cantharidae. It is found in North America.
Cantharis oregona is a species of soldier beetle in the family Cantharidae. It is found in North America.
Cantharis fidelis is a species of soldier beetle in the family Cantharidae. It is found in North America.
Cantharis transmarina is a species of soldier beetle in the family Cantharidae. It is found in North America.
Cantharis alticola is a species of soldier beetle in the family Cantharidae. It is found in North America.
Cantharis rustica, the rustic sailor beetle, is a species of soldier beetle found from Europe to Central Russia.
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